A Common Story (1847) is Ivan Goncharov's debut novel, centered on the clash between youthful romanticism and pragmatic reality in 19th-century Russia. The protagonist, Alexander...
The Precipice
The Precipice (1869) is the third major novel by the Russian writer Ivan Goncharov, exploring the moral, emotional, and intellectual struggles of mid-19th century Russian society....
Oblomov
The novel focuses on the midlife crisis of the main character, Oblomov, an upper middle class son of a member of Russia's nineteenth century landed gentry. Oblomov's...
The Precipice
The Precipice considered Goncharov's best work where he was able to realize his artistic ambition to the full. Dreams and aspirations of Raisky sounding like a sonorous chord,...
